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DAT1F1cATIoN NOTICE.
In the Orphans Court of Carroll County.
OCTOBER Term, 1887.

DATIFICATION NOTICE.
In the Orphans Court of Carroll County.
OCTOBER TERN, 1887.
Estate of Benjamin Lippy, deceased.
On application it is ordered this Doth day
of November, 1887, that the sale of the real es-
tate of Benjamin Lippy, late of Carroll county,
deceased, made by Lewis B. Lippy and Ed.
mund Lippy, executors of the last will and
testament of said deceased, and this day re-
ported to this Court by the said executors, be
ratified and confirmed, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on or before the 1st Monday,
End day, of January, next; provided copy
of this order be inserted for three successive
weeks in some newspaper printed and pub
lished in Carroll county, before the 4th Mon
day, 18th day, of December, next.
The report states the amount of sale to be
one thousand, three hundred and fifty dollars
Isl, 350.0D.)
WILLIAM FRIZELL,
WILLIAM T. SMITH, Judges.
ELIAS MYERLY,
True copy,-Test:
GEO. M. PARKE,
dec3 st Register of Wills.
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CUSTOM AND LAW

0O64O 1b- I'm AA w
Compel people to wear Boots, Shoes, Hats
and Caps, and it takes money to get them.
With the present low prices for farm products
and labor, it is just as much ones duty to buy
where he can get the most and best for his
money as it is to labor and till the soil. in
wants. Some people are foolish enough I'd
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A CARD.

oct15
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
A Story Emery Storrs Used to Tell.

remember u story Emery Storrs used to
love to tell, when he desired to get a thing
just down to suit him. I'VE must mind
the little customs Of life, " he would say.
We can do about as we wish il we only
conform to the ordinary looks of things.
Once, in quiet New Hampshire town, o
newcomer made his appearance. Now, .
new-comerwas something that had not
been heard of there for forty years. It
may be imagined with what interest this
newcomer was observed. On the first
Sunday the newcomer drove up to meet.
ing with his horses hitched one before the
other. That was rash thing to do. A
good old deacon waited on the newcomer
the next day and explained to him that the
town was badly used up over his performs
ance. Why, said the newcomer, L did
not know that it was new thing here to
drive tandem. Will they object il I drive
one horse before and the other behind?'
The deacon thought they would not, for
then they would believe the new conner had
expected to take some one home on horse-
buck. But. my FRIEND said the old dea-
con, it isn't the two horses that offend
here, bnt the odd way you drive them.
Now, when pray. I hold my hands thus
palm to palm, thumbs up. No one objects
TO that. But what right have I. when I
pray, to put the thumb of my right hand on
my nose, and the thum, of my left hand
on the little finger of INV right hand? Do
you suppose the town would stand that
sort of thinsT "-Chicago Erening Jour-
nal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14

Tor their career, their vort ,,a 49,
war; masas IN. IN lite. OF one fact they may he
sofe' that when God has work for =
man 70 40 in the world, he puts il
within his reach. The great anthors :.
and painters of oil ages have earned
success by depicting that which was
most familiar to them. Here in our
everyday life, in the commonploce
kinsfolk, trades-people, and servants
'hat surround us, is material for all the
power IN our brains and souls.
The religion, too, which will save n
man n Is not . far-off visionary rupture:
II IS IN his heart and in his mouth while
ne is about his daily work. An humble
wofk-w :, taught an English shoe
maker the happiness of spiritual life,
On the shoemaker's wall was q map.
and the shoemaker looked at it at times
while :, at work, and it conveyed to him
the impression that the larger part of
1ne world was ignorant of the inward
light and Joy that made of his life q
psalm. The map haunted him night
and day. 1t became an inspiration, and
III the heart of this man English evan
gellcal missions were begun. He is
honored here, but we cannot doubt that
the poor work-woman has her reward
IN being among those who, having
turned many to righteousness, "slline as
the stars"
Miss Alcott, whose own life has been
very practical and useful in meeting
the duties of her home and town, was
once handed ar autograph book, and
asked to write sentiment in it. She
wrote, do the duty that lies nearest
You" The thought recalls those SIM
pie but telling words of Scripture, HE
first findeth his own brother Simon. +"
But work for others does not end where
1t began; it is progressive; its influence
grows, and is eternal. Com.
pa1eion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
Cooking At Sea.

The first thing that naturally attracts the
attent on Of q landsman is what fearful
state Of confusion there must be in the
galley during rolling sea. Imagine an
ordinary kitchen CRATE covered with sauce
pans. ETC., were it suddenly to begin TO
swing backward and forward like seesaw.
THIS difficulty, however, is easily overcome.
Every galley fire is fttel with q number of
iron bars fastened to rod at the lack and
which fit into little grooves in n rod in
front: consequently when the sea is rough
these bars nre fixed, and each cooking
ntens is held tightly in it's place between
Tue bars, just the same MS II saucepan could
De held over an ordinary fire-place with q
strong pair of pinc-rs. Another difficulty
IL when the saucepans on the fire are all
The remedy for this is just as simple as
DR.. Abern thy's one for the old lady who
complained Of having such dread al pain
IN her arm when she went .so." He
pocketed his guinea and said: Don't go
80. SO with the saucepans. The simple
remedy il this: Don't fill the saucepaps, .
No saucepan on board ship should ever
be more than three quarters full when the
ship is rolling. My first imprpssi on IN
watching the cooking on board ship was
how many practical lessons might be learn.
ed from it by cooks on shore? How often
do cooks complaint: "TAere is no doing
ANYTHING in this poky kitchen?" the poky
kitchen being probably quite four times
the size Of the galley in which nm stand
ing, in which reakfast, lunch and dinner
have to be prepared for over two hundred
persons. The requisite qualities required
for success are enrly rising, an entire alb
sence of fussiness, and, by no means the
lenst important, the power Of looking
ahead. and seeing that each person minds
his own business without interfering with
any other's.-Casselrs Magazine.
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OterwurKcd Mou,en.

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housekecpers, and overworkcd women gener.
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as we'll as II erinc, tonic aud nervine, and I'M
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IT prompt cures Weakness of stomach, indi
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ton, debility ami sleeplessness, in either sex.
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A large treatise on Dkcases of Women.
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14

ately the mother of three girls,
bush some influence brought to bear
b her by the Moslems, made q
mn vow that her girls should at
h school no more, and sent them to
h teacher. She told the children,
b you can do is to pray to God to
hge your mothers heart; and l will
Y also.
hey said they would; but added,
bther cannot change now, because
has made vow, and would have to
q great deal of money to the
ikh." Time passed on. Behold,
morning. there were the girls in
II usual places. The teacher saw
elder one was very eager to tell her
ething, and gave her an opportu-
Fhen she burst out, quite excited,
know God hears prayers. Yes, 1
Nv; now I know. Every day 1 have
b going to a quiet place at the top
fhe house md praying to God to
Ee mother send us back. and this
fnns she said. You may go to school
n.' Did you pray, teacher?"
S, said the teacher, II was praying
Now I know" said the child
In.
|rayer had evidently become a real
to her little heart. Perhaps
|ther member of the mission helped
Fet these children back, though un-
|wn to us at the time. This was old
Flsa, our gate-kecper. He il a
Flstan; and knowing the father,
sold fruit in the bazaars, had a
to him about it, which did some
H. 1t is pleasant to feel that even
servants are helpers to the work.
fpel IN All Lands.
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A Chance for Health

70 Afforded those fast sinking into Q condition Of
hopeless debility. The means are at hand. In
the form OF q genial medicinal cordial. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters embolies the combined
qualities of blood fertilizer and depurent, .
tonic and an alternative. While It promotes d.
gestion and assimilation, and stimulates appe.
lite. has the further effect Of purifying the life
current and strengthening the nervous system,
Az tho blood grows richer and purer by ito use.
they who resort to this sterling medicinal agent.
acquire not only vigor. but bodily substance. A
healthful change in tho secretions is effected
BY 1t, and that sure and rapid physic Il decay,
which a chronic obstruction Of the functions Of
the system produces is arrested Tho prime
causes Of disease being removed, health 10
speedily renovated and vigor restored.
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Near at Hand,

IS stated that Howard spent his
I'll IN dreams of heroic deeds and
'ossiole ventures for the help and
anon OF unciyilized nations. Being
'afeu while at sea by o French
|aseer, his attention was drawn to
efueltles practiced on prisoners,
Oh Ills release he began an inspec-
OF the Jail in his native village.
reform he inaugurated spread
usAont all the prisons in Europe.
tHs Dickens, while q boy in Jones'
w. was in the habit of writing
"nces for the amusement of his
panlons of the most vague and
character. His great fame came
'''n through his pictures of Mrs.
over the way, of the policemen,
''ooys' butchers, and cooks who
= IN his way in his daily walks in
s,fee's OF London. A middle-aged
vnant In one of our large cities
plalhed couple of years ago that
lay. a. 'een thwarted in his true work
uy ne was to carry Christianity
'irillzation to some heather nation.
y should not have lived in vain.
nave been anchored here inexor-
f I! heather has come to you,"
,'S Trend, nodding to a Chinese
['!yman, with his wooden shoes and
a'' who was passing.
hlnt was taken. Mr.. Blank
i 20 An Sings laundry and made a
" OF him, persuaded him to come
'o"r OF his friends to his house,
week, tslearn Mclean ligion."
are now nearly seventy Chinese
Al q Bible class taught by Mr..
u, OF whom q large percentage are
pa Christians.
y the habit of young and imagina-
10opie to search the for horizon
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
'RBATH READING.
L;,uol Matters That Should
Engage Your Serious
Attention.
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS.
tumble Eral.ed," Showing the Means
: - uses-A Moslem School in
syr.a-Near a: Hand.
Tho tumble Rnasted.


=, chooses the humblest instiu-
~ He passes by the tempests,
w. '.,,4.rs the fields and gardens with
k.',norceptible dew. He passes by
nr4at elephant, and bestows the
If sapphire and amethyst upon the
hummingbird. He passes by the
nine and huge elm tree, and
Ines blossom and perfume on the
). All history teaches the same
Moses was the son of q poor
(;,e. Gideon was a thresher; David
a shepherd boy; Amos was a herds
!: the apostles were ignorant and
L,rned; Zwingle was q shepherd !;
anchtbon, the great theologian of
Refosssa.ien, was an armorer;
H., WAS the child Of . poor miner;
~ was o servant; Carey, the
;nator OF the plan of translating the
u into the language Of the mill
n Hindostan. was q shoemaker;
[r;son. who translated the Biblo
the Chinese language, was q last
ar. DR.. Milne was a herd-boy !;
NJ Clarke was the son of Irish
arc. John Foster was o weaver !,
Of Bath, was herdsman; DR..
Enostop sat at the loom while he
HE'D Greek. Last and greatest of
Jesus Of Nazareth was the despised
rejected of oil men. He had not
kreon to lay his head. yet to Him
! ! every knee bow of things in
hen and OF things on earth.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
A Chicago Buyers Search,

I'm looking for those Boston overshoes
with quotations stamped on the tops"
There has been such demand that I've
only one pair left"
What is the quotation? Will it do to
send to u St. Louis friendY"
The shoes. I'm sorry to say, nre too big
for any one in Chicago to wear. The motto
is: You have IN immense pleasure before
you.'"
They're just what want! The santi-
ment fits the shoe, and both fit St. Lou 8. :"
-B0ston Record.